Enough is Enough (party) explained

Enough is Enough
Native Name:Доста је било
Dosta je bilo
Native Name Lang:sr
Abbreviation:DJB
President:Saša Radulović
Leader2 Title:Deputy Presidents
Headquarters:Nušićeva 27, Belgrade
Position:Right-wing to far-right
European:European Conservatives and Reformists Party (global partner)
Colours: Orange
Seats1 Title:National Assembly
Seats2 Title:Assembly of Vojvodina
Seats3 Title:City Assembly of Belgrade
Country:Serbia

Enough is Enough (Serbian: Доста је било|Dosta je bilo,) is a right-wing populist political party in Serbia.

It was established on 27 January 2014 around the former minister of economy Saša Radulović and his associates from the ministry.[1] Initially, the party had strong liberal, reformist, and progressive views, and in the 2016 parliamentary election they entered the parliament with 16 seats in total.[2] Between early 2017 and 2018, its pro-European and liberal factions split off due to the internal conflict in the party. Since then, the party has shifted to the far-right and it began advocating souverainist and eurosceptic policies alongside numerous right-wing populist stances such as opposition to immigration. Its leader, Saša Radulović also promoted misinformation and several conspiracy theories during the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

History

It was founded on 27 January 2014 as Association "It's Enough – Restart" (Serbian: {{lang|sr|Удружење "Доста је било – Рестарт"|Udruženje "Dosta je bilo – Restart"), and since then it was commonly known as Enough is Enough (Serbian: Доста је било|Dosta je bilo; abbr. DJB).[4] In 2014 Serbian parliamentary election, held less than two months after establishment, the organisation won 2.09% of votes. In yet another early 2016 Serbian parliamentary election,[5] DJB won 6.02% (227,626 votes), thus gaining 16 seats in the National Assembly.

The It's Enough–Restart group in the National Assembly lost three of its members in February 2017, when Aleksandra Čabraja, Jovan Jovanović, and Sonja Pavlović left to start an organisation called the Civic Platform.[6] [7] After long delay in deciding whether to take part in the 2017 Serbian presidential election, DJB eventually appointed Saša Radulović as candidate for the election. He came in seventh place with 51,651 votes (1.41%).

On 15 March 2018, Ljupka Mihajlovska resigned from the DJB assembly group to sit as an independent.[8] The following day, Miloš Bošković resigned from DJB and also resigned from the assembly, returning his mandate to the association.

In 2018, DJB main board expelled assembly members Nenad Božić, Vladimir Đurić, and Aleksandar Stevanović from membership in the association on 29 March 2018.[9] Tatjana Macura also resigned from the association on 12 April 2018, following a brief, abortive bid for its presidency.[10] Macura subsequently started a new association called the Free MPs parliamentary group, joined by Božić, Đurić, Mihajlovska, and Stevanović.[11] In addition, Bošković's replacement Nada Kostić ultimately chose not to sit with DJB.[12] In the aftermath of these changes, DJB had seven deputies in the assembly.

Only several months later, Dušan Pavlović left the DJB. This led to another wave of leaving. Another five deputies leave the DJB parliamentary club. By the mid-November 2018, DJB was reduced to only two deputies in the Assembly (Radulović and Stamenković) and no parliamentary club.

In the 2018 Belgrade election, a combined DJB–Dveri list failed to pass the electoral threshold. Saša Radulović subsequently stepped down as president of the party on 6 March 2018, along with all deputy presidents.[13] On 21 April 2018 Branislav Mihajlović, head of the DJB in Bor, was elected party president.[14] On 8 November 2018 Branislav Mihajlović was dismissed and replaced by deputy party president Branka Stamenković as a temporary leader.[15] DJB joined other opposition parties in National Assembly sessions boycott.

On 14 December 2018, group of former DJB MPs formed centrist Party of Modern Serbia.

On 19 October 2019, Saša Radulović was re-elected as party leader, while Branka Stamenković was elected deputy president.[16] On 7 March 2020. DJB declared 2020 Serbian parliamentary election boycott together with Alliance for Serbia coalition and Social Democratic Party. They eventually decided to participate in the elections, but failed to pass the 3% threshold (earned 2.32%), thus becoming non-parliamentary organisation.

DJB took part on the 2022 parliamentary elections in coalition with Milan Stamatović (mayor of the Čajetina municipality and the leader of Healthy Serbia movement), and doctor Jovana Stojković, known for her anti-vaccine attitudes.[17] [18] They ran under the name Sovereignists, but again failed to clear the 3 per cent threshold. After the April elections, DJB became inactive until February 2023, when it was announced that it would become politically active again.[19]

Ideology

It was historically a centrist party,[20] and it supported liberalism,[21] [22] [23] [24] neoliberalism,[25] and progressivism.[26] It was also focused on populist, anti-establishment and anti-corruption rhetoric,[27] and it advocated reformism.[28] [29] Since 2018, it has been described as a right-wing populist, and conservative party, and it opposes immigration.[30] It is positioned on the right-wing[31] and far-right on the political spectrum,[32] and it is also supportive of souverainism and euroscepticism.[33] [34]

In the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, DJB was associated with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.[35] In 2019, it became a member of the European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance.

List of presidents

PresidentBirth–DeathTerm startTerm end
11965– 27 January 2014 21 April 2018
21953– 21 April 2018 8 November 2018
31953– 8 November 2018 19 October 2019
41965– 19 October 2019 Incumbent

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections

National Assembly of Serbia! Year! Leader! Popular vote! % of popular vote! ! # of seats! Seat change! Coalition! Status!
2014Saša Radulović74,9732.16% 10th 0–[36]
2016227,6266.21% 4th 16–[37]
202073,9532.39% 5th 16–[38]
202286,3622.34% 8th 0Sovereignists[39]
202345,0791.21% 9th 0DJS[40]

Presidential elections

1st round popular vote! % of popular vote! colspan="2"
2nd round popular vote% of popular vote
2017Saša Radulović51,6511.44%——[41]
2022Branka Stamenković77,0312.08%——[42]

Provincial elections

Provincial Assembly of Vojvodina! Year! Leader! Popular vote! % of popular vote! ! # of seats! Seat change! Coalition! Status!
2016Saša Radulović53,3175.70% 6th 7–[43]
2020Did not participate 7–
202314,7151.54% 9th 0DJS[44]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sasa Radulovic, Ex-blogger Who Has Had Enough . Georgiev . Slobodan . 13 April 2016 . Balkan Insight . 25 April 2016.
  2. Web site: Izborni rezultat 2016. 24 April 2016. Vreme. vreme.com. Serbian.
  3. Web site: DJB širi teorije zavere: Kako je Radulović zajahao pandemiju. 20 December 2020. Nova S. nova.rs. Serbian.
  4. Web site: Статут Удружења "Доста је било – Рестарт" . SR . Statute of Association “It's Enough – Restart” . Dosta je bilo . 27 January 2014 . 25 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150824100811/http://dostajebilo.rs/files/uploads/Statut.pdf . 24 August 2015 . dead .
  5. News: 'Enough is Enough' movement submits electoral list . Tanjug . 7 April 2016 . 25 April 2016.
  6. http://www.danas.rs/politika.56.html?news_id=339536&title=Biv%C5%A1i+poslanici+DJB+osnivaju+udru%C5%BEenje Bivši poslanici DJB osnivaju udruženje
  7. http://mondo.rs/a986322/Info/Srbija/Bivsi-poslanici-Dosta-je-bilo-podrzavaju-Jankovica.html Bivši poslanici Dosta je bilo podržavaju Jankovića
  8. https://www.danas.rs/politika/ljupka-mihajlovska-podnela-ostavku-na-clanstvo-u-dosta-je-bilo/ "Ljupka Mihajlovska podnela ostavku na članstvo u Dosta je bilo"
  9. http://rs.n1info.com/a375546/Vesti/DJB-iskljucio-poslanike-oni-tvrde-da-Radulovic-sprema-puc.html "DJB isključio poslanike, oni tvrde da Radulović sprema puč"
  10. https://www.danas.rs/politika/tatjana-macura-napustila-djb/ "Tatjana Macura napustila DJB"
  11. http://www.parlament.gov.rs/national-assembly/composition/parliamentary-groups/parliamentary-groups.118.498.html Free MPs Parliamentary Group
  12. https://www.danas.rs/politika/nada-kostic-clan-ds-a-ali-samostalni-poslanik/ "Nada Kostić, član DS-a, ali samostalni poslanik"
  13. Web site: D.. P.. Predsedništvo DJB podnelo ostavku, unutarstranački izbori za 60 dana. Danas. 21 April 2018. 6 March 2018.
  14. Web site: DJB: Branislav Mihajlović izabran za predsednika. B92. 21 April 2018. 21 April 2018.
  15. Web site: Mihajlović razrešen sa funkcije predsednika DJB. B92. 9 November 2018. 8 November 2018.
  16. Web site: Saša Radulović ponovo na čelu DJB. 19 October 2019. N1.
  17. https://www.danas.rs/vesti/politika/izbori22/ko-su-kandidati-za-poslanike-na-listi-suverenista/ (Accessed 8 August 2022)
  18. https://www.danas.rs/ljudi/jovana-stojkovic-antivakserka-na-saslusanju/ (Accessed 8 Aug. 2022)
  19. Web site: 2 February 2023 . Dosta je bilo se vraća na političku scenu, pauza je bila zbog poraza stranke na izborima - Politika - Dnevni list Danas . 8 February 2023 . sr-RS.
  20. Web site: 9 April 2021 . Serbian authorities to start a parallel inter-party dialogue without EU mediation . European Western Balkans.
  21. Web site: Cvejić . Slobodan . Spasojević . Dušan . Stanojević . Dragan . Todosijević . Bojan . November 2020 . Electoral Compass 2020, analysis of the political landscape in Serbia . library.fes.de . Heinrich Böll Foundation.
  22. Book: Serbia Business Law Handbook Volume 1 Strategic Information and Basic Laws . 2018 . International Business Publications . 9781433059803 . 33 . 946756834.
  23. Web site: 25 April 2016 . Landslide win for Serbia's pro-EU PM: election body . 28 February 2022 . JusticeInfo.net . en-US.
  24. News: Beckmann-Dierkes . Norbert . Rankić . Slađan . 13 May 2022 . Parlamentswahlen in Serbien 2022 . de . 7 . Konrad Adenauer Foundation . 27 December 2022.
  25. Stojiljković . Zoran . Spasojević . Dušan . 2018 . Populistički Zeitgeist u "proevropskoj" Srbiji . Politička misao: Časopis za politologiju . sr . 55 . 3 . 104–128 . 10.20901/pm.55.3.04 . 166171942 . Hrčak. free .
  26. Web site: 26 April 2016 . Serbian parliamentary election 2016: A gamble that almost backfired . 28 February 2022 . EUROPP.
  27. Book: Democracy under stress : changing perspectives on democracy, governance and their measurement . 2018 . Petra Guasti, Zdenka Mansfeldová, Sociologický ústav Akademie věd ČR . 978-80-7330-307-5 . Prague . 43 . 1117343015.
  28. Web site: 25 April 2016 . Serbia's pro-EU parties get strong majority in elections . 28 February 2022 . Deutsche Welle . en-GB.
  29. News: 26 April 2016 . Pro-European Union Party in Serbia Wins Election in Landslide . en-US . The New York Times . 28 February 2022 . 0362-4331.
  30. Web site: 17 September 2020 . DJB pita zašto ministarstvo priprema škole za uključenje migranata u nastavu . 17 September 2020 . Danas . SR.
  31. Web site: Veselinović . Ana . 2 July 2020 . The 2020 Serbian Elections . Rosa Luxemburg Foundation.
  32. Web site: Kojić . Nikola . 6 December 2022 . Zašto raste podrška desnici, gde šansu vidi levica i kako je SNS zauzeo centar . 6 December 2022 . N1 . sr-RS.
  33. News: 16 September 2019 . Tribina "Suverenizmom protiv bankarskog globalizma" u sali opštine Stari grad - učestvuju Ivan Pernar, Boris Malagurski i Saša Radulović . Nova srpska politička misao . 31 January 2020.
  34. Web site: 18 June 2020 . DJB: Suverenizam podrazumeva dostojanstvenu i slobodnu državu . rs.n1info.com . N1 . Serbian.
  35. Web site: Ms Branka STAMENKOVIĆ (Serbia, EC/DA) . 29 July 2023 . Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
  36. Book: Vukmirović . Dragan . Izbori za narodne poslanike Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije . 2014 . Republički zavod za statistiku . 978-86-6161-108-7 . Belgrade . 9 . sr . Elections for Deputies of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia . 14 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230101022321/http://arhiva.rik.parlament.gov.rs/doc/arhiva/poslanici/2014/3.%20Publikacija%20statistike%202014%20np%20rzs.pdf . 1 January 2023 . live.
  37. Book: Kovačević . Miladin . Izbori za narodne poslanike Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije . 2016 . Republički zavod za statistiku . 978-86-6161-154-4 . Belgrade . 9 . sr . Elections for Deputies of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia . 14 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221214192056/https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2016/Pdf/G20166001.pdf . 14 December 2022 . live.
  38. Book: Kovačević . Miladin . Izbori za narodne poslanike Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije . 2020 . Republički zavod za statistiku . 978-86-6161-193-3 . Belgrade . 9 . sr . Elections for Deputies of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia . 14 December 2022.
  39. Book: Kovačević . Miladin . Izbori za narodne poslanike Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije . 2022 . Republički zavod za statistiku . 978-86-6161-221-3 . Belgrade . 7 . sr . Elections for Deputies of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia . 14 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221214192056/https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2022/Pdf/G20226010.pdf . 14 December 2022 . live.
  40. Book: Kovačević . Miladin . Izbori za narodne poslanike Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije . 2024 . Republički zavod za statistiku . Belgrade . 978-86-6161-252-7 . 8–9 . 22 June 2024 . sr .
  41. Book: Kovačević . Miladin . Izbori za predsednika Republike Srbije . 2017 . Republički zavod za statistiku . 978-86-6161-164-3 . Beograd . 9 . sr . Elections for the President of the Republic of Serbia . 14 December 2022.
  42. Book: Kovačević . Miladin . Izbori za predsednika Republike Srbije . 2022 . Republički zavod za statistiku . 978-86-6161-220-6 . Belgrade . 7 . sr . Elections for the President of the Republic of Serbia . 14 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221214192338/https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2022/Pdf/G20226009.pdf . 14 December 2022 . live.
  43. Web site: Rezultati izbora za poslanike u skupštinu Autonomne pokrajine Vojvodine . Results of the election for deputies to the Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina . 14 December 2022 . Pokrajinska izborna komisija . sr . Novi Sad . 14 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221214193024/http://www.pik.skupstinavojvodine.gov.rs/sadrzaj/2016KonacniRezultati.pdf . dead .
  44. Web site: Izveštaj o sprovedenim izborima za poslanike Skupštine Autonomne pokrajine Vojvodine održanim 17. i 30. decembra 2023. godine . Report on the conducted elections for deputies to the Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina held on December 17 and 30, 2023 . Provincial Electoral Commission . 15 February 2024 . sr . January 30, 2024.

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